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New research has found that redheads may have a lesser tolerance to pain to non-redheads. This is especially true at the dentist, where some redheads have been found to need more anesthetics in order to feel numb. As a result, some redheads may not go to the dentist as often, because their experience is much worse than those without red hair.
This new research first began in 2004, when research revealed that redheads needed up to “20 percent more general anesthesia than blonds and brunettes.” To find out why redheads had these types of difficulties, researchers looked at the melanocortin-1(MC1R)receptor gene, which produces melanin. Melanin gives skin, hair, and eyes their color. Redheads are actually a mutation of MC1R, and as a result receive fairer skin, reddish hair, and sometimes, freckles. Five percent of the white population has these markers.
Not every redhead, however, experiences that much pain at the dentist. Some people do and decide to just buckle down and take the pain without communicating to their dentist. This research will help dentists be proactive with their redheaded patients to make sure their dental visits are comfortable.
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My late wife was a redhead, very nuch like the girl here. And also like this girl, she had very fair skin. She would get sunburned in the car. She had to put blockoff on with a trowel. But I loved her very much. I married her for her redhair. What else does one need?